Saint John Sees the Four Horsemen

1546/1556

Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

Jean Duvet

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet ([irreg.] trimmed within plate mark): 30.4 × 22 cm (11 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.246

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 42, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1954; gift to NGA, 1954.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 1973, no. 26.

Bibliography

1979

  • Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York: Abaris Books,1979.

Inscriptions

"IOHA / NNES / DV / VET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at upper right. "HISTORIA / CAPIT 6 / APOCAL" recto, on plate, on plaque at left. "o" recto, lower left margin, black ink, unknown hand. "o" recto, lower center margin, black ink, unknown hand. "6" verso, center, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"National Gallery of Art, LJR" verso, lower left, black stamped ink.

Wikidata ID

Q65359672

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